Wild mushroom soup

[Rebelfisher]

Finished up the wild mushroom soup...This time I used all podpinkis (honey mushroom)...but gunskies (yellow waxy caps) and sheepshead also work very well.

Ingredients: 2-3lbs wild mushrooms, 4 celery stalks, 5 carrots, 5 med russet potatoes, 1 large onion, 1/2 bunch parsley, 10 tbspn olive oil, 10 tbspn flour, 96 oz chicken broth, salt, pepper, thyme, garlic, and bay leaf

Boil mushrooms 10-15 minutes and drain, but save enough broth to completely cover the shrooms. add chicken broth, and diced vegetables and simmer until all tender



In another pot, add equal parts of fat and flour (olive oil and flour) to make a roux...mix and cook for approx 3-4 min


add the roux to the soup when vegetables are tender and mix...continue to simmer for approx 5 more mins.

ENJOY

[chfishon]

Thats looks good...

[gooseblaster49707]

morals in the spring.    stumpers in the fall.       shaggy manes over steaks.   gotta love wild mushrooms.
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used to eat the ones that showed you colors after you puked but, that's another topic.

[captain54]

I'm a big shroomer,I found over 50 Sheephead,baskets of Stumpy's,Bluewits,Oysters,Field buttons,Puff balls and the big prize over 2000 Morels. Last year was a good year rain rain rain. Soup looks good.

[Rebelfisher]

I'm a big shroomer,I found over 50 Sheephead,baskets of Stumpy's,Bluewits,Oysters,Field buttons,Puff balls and the big prize over 2000 Morels. Last year was a good year rain rain rain. Soup looks good.

never picked or even looked for the morels, but Im really interested this spring...any advice you can give to me? I talked to a few others in my area and they said not only does the amount of rain attribute to them growing, but the correct high and low temps...also told me to concentrate around poplars and old orchards..thanks

[Rebelss]

Boy, that sure looks good!!! I would like to start looking for morels this Spring, too. I found some good info in my Tales of a River Rat books by Kenny Salwey; which I highly recommend. He says around southern Minnesota, your best areas are by fallen Elm trees, or those stricken by Dutch Elm and rotting away. 

[WildOutdoorAddict]

I don't want to highjack this thread, but I love mushrooms, but have never pick them for fear of getting the wrong ones. Is there a reliable book to buy for them? And that soup just makes me wanna lick the puter screen!    Thanks

[Iceassin]

Boy, that sure looks good!!! I would like to start looking for morels this Spring, too. I found some good info in my Tales of a River Rat books by Kenny Salway; which I highly recommend. He says around southern Minnesota, your best areas are by fallen Elm trees, or those stricken by Dutch Elm and rotting away. 

That be right Reb...Look for the elms that are losing (not yet lost) their bark. The wood and the underside of the bark will still be "redish" in color. If you don't find them there right away, keep checking back, even the years to follow. If the tree and the bark has turned dry and gray in color...you're probably too late but doesn't hurt to check.

 Also check old apple trees/orchards. Look for the trees that are dying on one side yet still alive on the other.

You find the right tree(s)...you could hit the mother lode for those big yellow/ white morels. 

[captain54]

Rebelfisher,I start looking in mid to late April depending on temps and rain.They seem to like warmer temps after a good soaking rain,but not really hot weather.Theres some many different kinds from little black,grey ,white ones the huge tan giants. They all have there time ,elms,tulip trees,old orchards even old logging roads on the edges are good starting places.I've got some real honey holes that will yield 300-400 a day.Always use a mesh bag while gathering them(this will let the spores fall to the ground) I've read that spores can lay dorm for 5 years till the right conditions. They are great fried in butter and smothered over a wild turkey breast,one of my favorite wild dinners,they freeze ok and I've dried them when I get to many but  they really shrink when you cook them. The best month is May but one cold spring I found the late giants in late June in a cold shady valley.If you find the late giants,cut the stem off soak in salt water(to get the ants and other critters out,get some ground turkey or chicken,seasoned bread crumbs,a egg,a little minced onion,garlic,stuff those big shrooms place in a baking pan add butter and a nice white wine ,cover with foil and bake till there done. That's a meal fit for a king. Good luck I'm getting hungry.

[Rebelfisher]

Rebelfisher,I start looking in mid to late April depending on temps and rain.They seem to like warmer temps after a good soaking rain,but not really hot weather.Theres some many different kinds from little black,grey ,white ones the huge tan giants. They all have there time ,elms,tulip trees,old orchards even old logging roads on the edges are good starting places.I've got some real honey holes that will yield 300-400 a day.Always use a mesh bag while gathering them(this will let the spores fall to the ground) I've read that spores can lay dorm for 5 years till the right conditions. They are great fried in butter and smothered over a wild turkey breast,one of my favorite wild dinners,they freeze ok and I've dried them when I get to many but  they really shrink when you cook them. The best month is May but one cold spring I found the late giants in late June in a cold shady valley.If you find the late giants,cut the stem off soak in salt water(to get the ants and other critters out,get some ground turkey or chicken,seasoned bread crumbs,a egg,a little minced onion,garlic,stuff those big shrooms place in a baking pan add butter and a nice white wine ,cover with foil and bake till there done. That's a meal fit for a king. Good luck I'm getting hungry.

that sounds so delicious...probably fit really well next to a meatloaf as well! 

[dlj01260]

Sheephead,baskets of Stumpy's,Bluewits,Oysters,Field buttons,Puff balls and the big prize over 2000 Morels.

How do you eat the puff balls?

[captain54]

Only pick solid hard ones.Easy to wash sliced about a 1/2 thick dip in egg wash then into seasoned Italian bread crumbs,pan fry in 1/2 butter 1/2 veg. oil. They make a nice side dish,maybe not the most flavorful shroom but something different,I've also dried them and put them into food processor and made a powder to add to gravy. I'll pick any prime edible mushroom there is,when I find them but my target shrooms are Sheepheads,Chickens(sulfur shells) Morels,Oysters,Bluewits,Stumpies(honey) Common Field mushrooms Shaggy manes ,Slippey jacks and a few others that make good table fare. I've eaten a lot of different wild shrooms through the years. I guess it goes along with hunting.I'm 59 and I can remember going for sheephead with my grandfather when I was 5 or 6 years old. To all the guys that don't shroom,buy yourself a good quality field book with colored pics and go SHROOMING, there tons of edible shrooms that go rotten every year.I've got two really good books one even has recipes,if any one want to know more about them I'll post the books.

[Rebelfisher]

I don't want to highjack this thread, but I love mushrooms, but have never pick them for fear of getting the wrong ones. Is there a reliable book to buy for them? And that soup just makes me wanna lick the puter screen!    Thanks

get yourself at least 2 good guides.  These are the two I rely on...the one on the right (Peterson field guide) gives better descriptions and more info..the one on the left (Simon & Schusters guide) shows REAL photographs. Best thing you can do is go out with someone knowledgable...and just remember...Every mushroom is Edible ONLY ON